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OF Nick Swisher (All Star, World Series Champion)

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Swisher, Young added to Derby

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AP Photo/John FroschauerHours after being added to the Home Run Derby roster, Nick Swisher went deep in Seattle.

SEATTLE -- Though the Yankees told second baseman Robinson Cano not to participate in the Home Run Derby, the team has granted right fielder Nick Swisher permission to be involved in Monday's competition.
The Diamondbacks' Chris Young will also take part in the slugging exhibition at Angel Stadium, Major League Baseball announced Saturday.
Swisher, who picked up the last American League All-Star slot by winning the fan voting, entered Saturday's game with the Mariners with 14 homers, a .304 batting average and 48 RBIs.
Swisher said he was asked on Saturday morning to hit in the Derby. He immediately called Yankees manager Joe Girardi, general manager Brian Cashman and hitting coach Kevin Long. They all gave Swisher the go-ahead.
"I'm already nervous," Swisher said.

Entire article: New York Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher to participates in Home Run Derby at All-Star Game - ESPN New York
 
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Nick Swisher revels in All-Star experience, Derek Jeter fails to bring outfielder back to earth
John Harper
Tuesday, July 13th 2010

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Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher hits four homers in the first round of the Home Run Derby.

ANAHEIM - Phil Hughes is the baby among the Yankees at this All-Star Game, yet it was Nick Swisher whom the Old Guard tried to punk here as a first-timer. Why? Well, because he's Nick Swisher.

His teammates have learned to embrace his loud, loose, hip-hop personality, but they also thought he should pay for his All-Star exuberance - or perhaps for becoming the first player to tweet his way onto the team via the fan vote for the final spot.

So none other than Derek Jeter organized an attempted prank by trying to convince Swisher he was supposed to wear his Yankee uniform to the interview session at the hotel ballroom Monday at which everyone wears street clothes.

"Jeet made it his mission to get him," was the way Alex Rodriguez put it.

Jeter tried to hold back a grin when asked about his plan.

"We had him until this morning," he said. "They blew it."

Jeter wasn't giving up the culprit, but other players said Swisher was spared only because clubhouse manager Robbie Cucuzza didn't answer his phone Monday morning when the Yankee outfielder called looking for his uniform, and he began to get suspicious.

"If Robbie had answered his phone," said CC Sabathia, "we had him. Swish asked me like four times, 'You wearing your uniform?' Jeet had everyone in on it. We had him going pretty good."
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New York Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher was eliminated in first round of Home Run Derby - ESPN New York

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Swisher wins one for Boss with walk-off single in 9th
Yankees Blog
By BRIAN COSTELLO
Last Updated: July 17, 2010

Somewhere, George Steinbrenner is taking credit for making the trade for Nick Swisher.

Swisher hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Yankees to a 5-4 victory over the Rays at Yankee Stadium on the night the team honored its deceased owner.

The victory moved the Yankees (57-32) three games ahead of the Rays and 6? in front of the Red Sox in the AL East.

Swisher had three RBIs in the game, none big ger than his shot to right off Lance Cor mier that drove in Crutis Granderson from second.

A.J. Burnett gave Swisher the whipped cream pie treatment, punctuating a night in The Bronx that began on a somber note with a tribute to Steinbrenner and the team's late public address announcer, Bob Sheppard.

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ON CLOUD 9: Nick Swisher looks to the heavens to celebrate his eighth inning home run, and later gets a pie in the face from teammate A.J. Burnett after Swisher's walk-off single, during the Yankees' 5-4 win over the Rays.

"I think pretty much the agenda today was 'Win,' " Swisher said. "That's what Mr. Steinbrenner wanted us to do. That's what, from all the things I've talked to [Jeter], Posada and those guys, that's all he ever wanted to do. On a day like this when we celebrate his life, gotta take him out on a 'W.' "

Swisher only has been a Yankee for a season and a half and only met Steinbrenner twice, but the two have a connection that would have made Swisher a favorite of the owner. Swisher attended Ohio State, the school Steinbrenner, a Cleveland native, rooted for. Steinbrenner was a graduate assistant under notorious football coach Woody Hayes at the school and proudly wore his 1954 national championship ring.
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After the game, Jeter said jokingly that his love of the University of Michigan cost him.

"The Boss didn't like Michigan so I figured I'd strike out," he said. "The Boss got one final victory for Ohio State."
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Read more: Swisher wins one for Boss with walk-off single in 9th - NYPOST.com

?I was thinking how fitting it would be if Derek got the hit on a night like this, especially with Derek paying tribute,? Manager Joe Girardi said. ?His love and affection for Mr. Steinbrenner, I just thought for sure.?

Jeter struck out, and up came Swisher, who laced a single into right field. Swisher did not have the relationship with Steinbrenner that veterans like Jeter and Rivera enjoyed, something he readily admitted. But as Swisher noted, Steinbrenner was a huge Ohio State supporter and briefly an assistant football coach at Northwestern and Purdue.

?He was a Big 10 guy, and I?m a Big 10 guy,? said Swisher, who played for the Buckeyes.

Swisher said he met Steinbrenner only twice, and they were brief but memorable exchanges. He had a chance to introduce himself about 10 years ago, but he was too shy. As Swisher told the story, he and the Ohio State baseball team were eating at Damon?s, a rib joint in Columbus, when he recognized Steinbrenner.

?That was one of his favorite spots,? Swisher said. ?I saw him kind of passing by the bathroom, but I was too scared to say hi.?

Swisher is not the shy type, and he was asked why he did not go over to talk to Steinbrenner.

?I get starstruck, too,? he said.
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For Swisher and Yankees, a Long but Rewarding Day - Bats Blog - NYTimes.com

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5itz8RiIhg]YouTube - Nick Swisher Walk-Off Single Vs Rays 7/16/10[/ame]
 
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Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher learns of life on the other side
Published: Friday, July 30, 2010
Marc Carig/The Star-Ledger

CLEVELAND -- Last season, Nick Swisher pitched a shutout inning near the end of a blowout loss to the Rays. His outing was highlighted by a strikeout of Gabe Kapler.

Last night, Swisher learned how it felt to be on the other side of that equation, striking out against infielder Andy Marte in the ninth inning of the Yankees' 11-4 victory against the Indians.

"I'm going to use his line, too," Swisher said, borrowing a thought from Kapler. "I now have a new most embarrassing moment."
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Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher learns of life on the other side | NJ.com
 
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Yankees' Swisher: Tim Tebow didn't propose for me
Wikipedia carried one-sentence entry
August 3, 2010


ST. PETERSBURG ? ?What?!? Nick Swisher screeched.

He glared at me.

?I?m a man! I don?t need to do that! Where?d you hear that??

?It?s on Wikipedia,? I said.

?Dude, you?re in the media. You know better than to believe Wikipedia.?

?I don?t,? I said. ?That?s why I?m asking you.?

By now, though, Nick Swisher, the New York Yankees? All-Star outfielder, had already answered the question ? emphatically and with expletives.

No, he did not have Tim Tebow propose marriage to his girlfriend for him.

But that?s what Wikipedia.org says in a one-sentence entry that seemed fairly innocuous.

?Football player Tim Tebow assisted Swisher with requesting (JoAnna) Garcia?s hand in marriage, by speaking to her parents and being present during the proposal.?

?That?s total BS!? Swisher blurted as he stood at his locker before a recent game at Tropicana Field. ?(Bleep) no! I don?t need some other dude to ask my girl to marry me. I?m a Major League Baseball player. I?m a man. I asked her on the balcony at my place in New York City. Tim Tebow wasn?t there. You need to squash that story, dude.?
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?After we met Tebow, we met Urban Meyer, who gave us a tour of the stadium. It was unbelievable. I was impressed. And I?m an Ohio State guy.?

An Ohio State guy, as in the Buckeyes who in the past few years lost the national championship to Florida in both football and basketball?

?Don?t remind me,? Swisher said. ?I?ve taken a lot of grief.?
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Yankees? Swisher: Tim Tebow didn't propose for me | floridatoday.com | FLORIDA TODAY
 
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Swisher is up to ?date? on Sept. 8 game-winning HRs
Yankees Blog
By BRIAN COSTELLO
September 9, 2010

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Something about Sept. 8 and Nick Swisher go together.

For the second straight year Swisher hit a walk-off home run on that date, this one a one-out blast off Orioles closer Koji Uehara to give the Yankees a 3-2 win in front of 44,163 fans and avoid an embarrassing sweep to the O?s.

?It?s my day,? Swisher said.

The homer led to a whipped cream pie celebration and erased the bad feelings that circulated Yankee Stadium for most of the day. The Yankees? offense managed just four hits off starter Brad Bergesen and were staring at their first sweep at Yankee Stadium by the Orioles since 1986.
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Read more: Swisher is up to ‘date’ on Sept. 8 game-winning HRs - NYPOST.com

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufdy3dHaUNg]YouTube - More Than The Swing: Nick Swisher[/ame]
 
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Yankees right fielder Nick Swisher insists extended rest before ALCS against Rangers is beneficial
BY Sean Brennan, Anthony Mccarron, Kristie Ackert and Ebenezer Samuel
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITERS
Wednesday, October 13th 2010

By the time Derek Jeter steps to the plate to lead off Game 1 of the ALCS Friday against Texas, it will have been six days since the Yankees played in a game. Opinions vary as to whether all this down time at this time of year is a good or bad thing. Nick Swisher, though, doesn't see how it can't be all good.

"Everyone knows how stressful the regular season can be," Swisher said. "If we get an opportunity to rest the mind a little bit it's a good thing. I know we got some guys who are still banged up a little bit and I think injury-wise and from the mental mind-set of it, I think it's a good thing."

Swisher said he's taking a mini-baseball vacation this week, not watching the Tampa Bay-Texas series that concluded Tuesday night and choosing instead to decompress.

"The last couple of nights I've slept great," Swisher said. "I'm just relaxing man, chilling. I'm a bit of a high-strung guy so to be able to take your mind off it mentally for a couple of days is actually a pretty good thing."
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Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...13_swisher_gets_his_wisher.html#ixzz12F5Iwcd3
 
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Swisher confident despite adversity
By Bill Ladson / MLB.com | 10/20/10

NEW YORK -- Don't tell Yankees right fielder Nick Swisher that he is 0-for-25 with runners in scoring position and batting .202 during his postseason career.

After the Yankees' 7-2 victory over the Rangers in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series on Wednesday, a game in which he went 1-for-4 including a solo homer off left-hander C.J. Wilson, Swisher made it clear that he doesn't care about individual stats.

"I don't feel bad," Swisher said. "I felt I had a great game today. I struck the ball well four times. It's not much more you can do that that. The postseason is another season in itself.

"To be part of this team and this organization, representing New York, the city itself, it's a great feeling. You don't feel like you are out of the game. I think that feeling is from the guys who have been here before. It's all about winning. Nobody checks the stat sheet in the morning and find out what an individual did. I bought into that. I want to win. After last year and tasting that champagne, you want to taste some more."
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Swisher steps up to the plate

Nick Swisher, the New York Yankees and former Ohio State baseball star, is launching a fundraising drive to fight cancer as his mother, Lillian, is battling leukemia. Swisher, who lost his beloved grandmother Betty to brain cancer in 2005, is committed to a Los Angeles charitable event called "Movember" with the company the Art of Shaving. He'll take part in a monthlong mustache-

growing drive to raise money for cancer research. He has vowed to grow the biggest possible mustache before ceremoniously shaving it off early next month in New York. "Cancer in general is so close to me," he told the New York Post. "My grandmother was the closest person to me in my life. From then on out, it was almost a mission to do any work I could to fight this horrible disease. My mother is doing great. She is going through I guess you could call it 'hell' right now. But the way she's fighting it, I could not be more proud of her. The best thing we can do is show a united front and do everything we can to find a cure." Swisher is preparing to marry JoAnna Garcia, a star of the ABC sitcom Better With You, supposedly in December.
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http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2010/11/08/peo08-guqafmq9-1.html?sid=101
 
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